Amy Eaton is a bestselling authoress and celebrity figure, much to the embarrassment of her aristocratic family, who deem her professionalism as a lowering in their social standing. Despite her family's undisguised disdain of her, Amy is bound by a promise she made to her dying mother: to look after her two sisters and father in her mother's absence. Eight years have passed since Amy gave up the love of her life, after being persuaded not to marry him by her mother's best friend. But now Wareham is back, a rich, self-made man in search of a wife. Doing her best to forget the past and the life she may have had with Wareham, Amy must learn how to navigate her small social circle without letting her true feelings show. Vivid and heartbreaking in this atmospheric and moving tale 'A wonderfully read I stayed up late into the night to finish… You might want to have some tissues handy. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A credit to Theresa Howes for exquisite writing and an evocative storyline. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It was absolutely compulsive – for the brilliant heroine all the way through ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
